What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

We wouldn’t be coffee—we’d be a matcha because we are naturally different from all the rest.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

Because our show begins with a childhood tragedy, people will think that it is a sad show. It is not. It is one human’s experience on the path to happiness.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

A record player, 45s and a path to healing

About the show

LOST…FOUND

Date(s): Aug 1-12, 14-19, 21-26

Time(s): 13:30 (1 hour)

Location: Assembly Roxy – Outside

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

The Fringe is a world renowned venue to get plays seen by Audiences that are hungry for new exciting work. Leni’s Last Lament is an entertaining and thoughtful play with cabaret elements that works on many levels. Also very funny. This play could not be more suitable, given the times we’re in – and we’re dying to see how it plays for such an eclectic crowd.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

If I told you it would give away some key surprises, and we wouldn’t want that. But let me say that the Audience is very much in for an unsuspecting ride that is more sinuous than the Loch Ness stretching in the morning before coffee.

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

Definitely not decaf haha. The show is non-stop associations from a subterranean place of desire and regret.

About the show

Leni’s Last Lement

Date(s): Aug 1-6, 8-12, 14-19, 21-25

Time(s): 17:25 (1 hour)

Location: Assembly Rooms – Drawing Room

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

I’m just a show, standing in front of an audience, asking them to love it.

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

Psychology, because boy do we have a LOT to unpack here.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Funny, unhinged, adorable.

About the show

KAREN

Date(s): Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-25

Time(s): 15:55 (1 hour)

Location: Underbelly, Cowgate – Delhi Belly

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

There is no place more deserving to know the truth behind the most important trial since the invention of law – That time Gwyneth Paltrow went to a court in Utah. After having met with the lawyers on both sides and visited that very court room – we are ready to share this story.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

People are coming to our shows just to see me be a blonde, flawless, beautiful, powerful, goopy, queer icon of female sensuality. Whilst that may be true, it’s also worth knowing, though easily forgotten, that Joseph Martin is in the shows too.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Putting them on a ski slope with Gwyneth Paltrow.

About the show

Gwyneth Goes Skiing

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-26

Time(s): 15:30 (1 hour 20 minutes)

Location: Pleasance Courtyard – Forth

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

Home economics – because you don’t realise how valuable it is until you’re a broke-ass adult, trying to make rent, keep the heating on, and feed yourself and your cat.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

What is that delicious salty porky taste in my mouth?

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

that you have to love Spam to come see the show. But it’s not about your love (or lack thereof) of Spam. It’s about MY love of Spam. So come on down if you’re a vegan, a meat eater, or anything in between – there’s always room for you!

About the show

For the Love of Spam

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26

Time(s): 14:10 (1 hour)

Location: Pleasance Courtyard – Beside

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Physical exercise and a bare-chested Eric Cantona.

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

I spray a lot of Charlie Red.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

They probably think it’s about football…

About the show

Fan/Girl

Date(s): Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26

Time(s): 12:10 (1 hour)

Location: Summerhall – Demonstration Room

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

You will never look at a cantaloupe melon the same way again.

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

44 Sex Acts in One Week is what the Italians call a “café corretto”, or a “correct coffee” – ie an espresso with a shot of booze. Why? The laughs will hit you fast and hard, give you an excellent buzz and send you out into the world a more charismatic and compelling person.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

Misconceptions about 44 Sex Acts is that it is just an hilarious Benny Hill romp. Yes, it is non-stop hilarious (we’ve had people dash to the bathroom because they were laughing so hard) yes, we do silly things with fruit. But, it’s also egalitarian, patriarchy-smashing, late-stage capitalism obliterating, empathic, relatable, and profound. How? Come see!

About the show

44 Sex Acts in One Week

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26

Time(s): 16:40 (1 hour 10 minutes)

Location: Pleasance Dome – King Dome

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

Edinburgh Fringe is akin to a relationship that isn’t good for me – Every year I’m like, “I’m never going back”, then it’s, “A few days won’t hurt” but last year I only did a week felt very left out so will now to full runs until the end of time… probably.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

A show of mine once got described as “anecdotal art” and that’s what I try to bring to all my shows. As well as that I hope this one will be remembered as a raw and honest memorable yarn with utmost hilarity.

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

P.E but with a forged sick-note, apart from when it’s long distance running where I’d run for 200m then hide behind a hedge smoking Superkings. There was an outdoor swimming pool at my school, we were once waiting for ages until we could swim in it, I asked what the hold up was and was told, “They’re fishing a dead seagull out of it!” My show definitely has this essence of Cornish feral and unruly.

About the show

Harriet Dyer: SKIN

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-11, 13-26

Time(s): 15:40 (1 hour)

Location: Gilded Balloon Patter House – Coorie

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

I take an ice cold shower, rob a bank, and complete a series of warmups based on the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavsky. After this, I’m always loose and extremely sensitive to the needs and impulses of my audience.

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

BANGTAIL is a piping hot cup of diner coffee: black with bits of grounds and grit—the kind of coffee you can only get between the hours of 3-6 AM at a road stop in rural America. It’s the coffee real men drink, of cowboys and office workers to fuel for a big day of being a very serious and tough man.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

I think they will be equally in love with, intimidated by, and in awe of my masculine prowess.

About the show

BANGTAIL

Date(s): 31st Jul – 25th Aug

Time(s): 16:15 (60 mins)

Location: Pleasance Courtyard Cellar

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

I like dancing and doing stand-up, and I’m pretty good at both of them, AND I’m a show-off so the Fringe is the perfect place to do a show at people. Rudder is about my relationship with my body, sex, alcohol, and eventually learning to take care of myself.

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

The show would be an espresso martini, because it’s a tasty mixture of stand-up to keep you awake, and dance to make you feel all horny and stuff, probably. Also you’ll feel cool when you consume it.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

I take most of my clothes off at the end, which is hopefully exciting for the audience’s hearts rather than filling them with abject terror.

About the show

Stephanie Laing: Rudder

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-11, 13-26

Time(s): 14:50 (1 hour)

Location: Underbelly, George Square – The Wee Coo